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Sept. 1, 1925.

M. c. HEATH MECHANISM FOR. HANDLING BOTTLES, ETC

Original Filed'Feb. 28. 1920 2 Shlet-Shet l Mh pm .m e MH m L r -Mw @D NS Sept. l, 1925. Re, 16,151

M. C. HEATH MECHANISM FOR HANDLING BOTTLES, ETC

original Filed Feb'. 2a. 1920v 2 sheets-Sheet 2 Merton C Heath.

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UNITEDSTATES PATENT orFicE. miaToN c. HEATH, or murcia vman1, l i l mncnamsu rca nnimnnm BOTTLES, racc.i

original no. 1,400,020, dated :une as, 192s, serial lo. 361,971, mea retmry as, 1920. Application for reime mea september a4, 192s. seriai no. 664,592.

-To all 'whom it may cancer/n: v broadly a framework su rtin the mecha- Be it known that I, MERTON C.HEATH, nism between a feed trdgh or the like 56 v a citizen of the United States, residing at from which articles such as bottles `B are Muncie, innthe county of Delaware .and delivered, and ,a receptacle or carrier such` 5 State ofl Indiana, have invented certain new as an endless belt C moving in the' direction and useful Improvements in Mechanism for .indicated bythe arrows, which will be along .fH'andling Bottles, Etc., of which the folaline substantially at right angles tothe 60 lowing i's a specification. line occupied by such mechanism. The

This invention relates to `conveyors, and trough F COIISStS 0f a bottom and Side pieces more especially to sucnconve ors as, are and a cross-piece F' spaced from the botintended for handling glass bott es and similtOIILto permita bottle to pass between it and lar fragile or brittle articles or objects; the the bottom.' .The latter in Figures l, 2and 66,

- principal objectof the invention is to pro- 3 iS a n elevator made up of an endless belt c vide av conveyor for hot bottles which., shall or`a ron 2 trained around a lower roller 3,

be free from v the bjectionable features'4 andlits upper stretch leading thence with an found in conveyors hitherto in use for this incline to" and over yen upper roller 4, then purpose, v e 'l horizontally over-a table 5, and around a 70 Another object is to produce mechanism FOUBI at the far edge 0f Sd table, when@ whereby articles such as bottles may be taklts lower stretch 6 leads back beneath said en from a ,eer-tain point as the outlet from a table over another roller 7 and back to the bottle-forming machine, carried or elevated 101191 3# SUPPId bylbmckets 8 is a' guide thence to another point along a certain line, 9 XGSHY mounted bOVe the Upper Stlethv 76 stood on end, and transferred thence to a 'O Sald 8P1`0l1- OPPOSite Said guide is an receiver or more particularly-to a conveyor Aendless chain '10 carrying a series of jaws movngin a direction substantially at 'right '11 which are preferably curved plates as angles to saidline, as a factory conveyor or `SllOWIl, the Chmn mOVilg ilrOllnd upper and an asbestos belt to carry partly nished bot? lower sprocket wheels 12 and 13 whose so tles to 'a' furnace or thelike. i shafts .are oblique .to a vertical lor perpen- Another object is -to provide means for l dicular to the ac ive stretch' of the `apron '30 insuring proper spacinglof the bottles while 12. The dished sides of the jaws `are next hot. p e to the 'des 9, withwhich they coact so as vStill another object is'to provide means to hol thevarticlesB in slightly inclined 86 to insure an upright position of. each bottle 'or nearly' upright position, their utts reston the final conveyor. ing on the apron which moves upwardV in Another object is to. provide an eilicient the dlletiQnShOWn by the a'I'rOWS. Any.

transferring mechanism including a guard 'Sultable dllvmg mehlsm 11111)' 'be 0mto prevent'theup-ended bottlesfrom tippin ployed, such as a motor M herein Shown as no over, and an ejector for shoving bottles o belted at 14 to a shaftl 15 havingl a worm the transfer disk onto the conveyor. 16 engaging a worm ear 17 on the shaft 4 Referring to the accompan ing drawings, ofthe I'Oll'l' 4:, and t e other 8nd 0f this which are made a part hereo and on which Shaft may be geared as at 18 to the shaft similar reference characters indicate similar of the .sprocket wheel 12; but it will be un- 95 parts, f derstoo that the driving mechanism is 'Figure 1 is a side velevation and .Figure 2 shown only forsake ofillustration, and it j 'a plan view of one type of this invention, is desirable that the. apron 2 and chain 10 Figure 3 v-be'ing a sectional detail on the line shall move at the same speed. Y

of Figure 1. y The transfer mechanism consists of a disk 10o Figure 4 is a side elevation and Figure 5 30 standing-in a horizontal plane and made a plan view of one typel of this invention, of thin sheet-metal closely overlyin' the up- Fi re 6 being a section on the line 6-6 rstretch of the apron wheret elatter' of i re 4I 'es on the table 5; and as herein shown, this Re erring now first to the type of the indisk lis driven byvconnections broadly indiimi vention on Sheet 1,-thc numeral'l designates cated at 31 including a belt 32 leading to one of the shafts which is driven by the motor. What might beA called the'rear half of the l disk extends beyond the apron entirely, and

its edge at 33 stands close to the adjacent edge 34 of the conveyor C, and as the arrows indicate these ed es are movingin the same direction. An ejector in the shape of a scraper 35 is ixe'dly mounted above the rear half of the disk, leading from a point about at its axis, across its edge, and laping over onto the conveyor a little as at 36.

Wo rotary guards in't e shape of wheels 37 and 38 are mounted-on upright shafts and overhang the disk, as shown, their purpose being to prevent the bottles slipping oil' the disk as rthey travel around upon it along the path indicated by the dotted line.

"In this embodiment of the ,invention the cross piece F serves to hold the side pieces in s aced relation, and also to prevent a botrom assuming an improper position on the conveyor, since bottles canonly fall lengthwise through the hole in a manner to stand on the conveyor where they are supported in spaced relation by the jaws 11.

In the type of invention shown in Figures 4, 5,'and 6, an elevator apron 42 is ,trained around a lower roller 43 and a single larger upper roller or drum 44, two parallel spaced guards 49 carried by brackets 48 overlying the active stretch of this elevator apron, and

Y instead of curved jaws carried on a separate chain, the jaws in this construction arev pins 41 or the like, spaced and in pairs and moving upward between the guides.

The transfer disk 50 is mounted in the same relation to thegcarrier C, but much nearer, to the elevator, its forward edge underlying the large roller 44 as seen at 51. The scraper is carried by brackets 57 and 58, and its forward end is continued beyond a point 54 over the axis of the disk into a obliue to the vertical.

-1il e bottles standv nearly upright with guard 53 for a urpose'yet to appear. In this type of the linvention there is provided a finger 5 2 upstanding from the framework ad\curv1ng over the apron where the latter 'passes around the upper roller 44, the linger standing-between the paths followed by the jaws or pins 41 so that the latter pass astride it as will be clear. The parts are here driven by an electric motor and connections which are shown for purposes of illustration and need hardl to be described.

In the operationof this mechanism in either of its types, articles such as bottles B are delivered at F and are picked up by the 'aws at the4 lower end ofthe elevator, the

ottles in; both instances being -carried upward on` its active stretch in a position As seen in Figure t blttsresting on the apron 2, but as seen 1n Figures 4 and 5, the bottles lie on their sides with their butts upward and forengaged between vthe ward and their necks pins 41, the cross-piece F' case to hold back the top of the bottle if tion shown 1n Figure 4. In either case it is `necessary that when the bottles' are delivered from the elevator theyas'sume an upright position so as to be handled proper y serving in this and cause it to fall into the posiby the transfer disk. In Figures 1 and 2f little so thatv the bottle settles down and its butt falls apron which is moving .along the .table 5 and under the thin disk '30, and-hence the bottle in its upstanding onto the v-disk and by veyor. In Figures 4 and 5, `when the pins move past the free end of the linger 52, the' heavy end of the bottle rides over this linger as it is pushed upward; tilts so that its neck 'is disengaged ,trombeon the horizontal stretch. of the the bottle finally 80 position isconveyed the latter to the con;

tween the pins which have carried it upy ward, and it is up-ended and dropped di-` rectly onto the disk at about the-point shown'- in dotted linesin Figure 5, the guard 53 serving to prevent Vit from top hngover.

In either type of the invention, t e transfer disk in its rotation carries the upstanding' bottle around until the bottle 'strikes the scraper, and by the latter it is ejected or' pushed off onto the carrier C, whence it is conveyed wherever desired.'

Thus is effected the handling of articles which need to be carried from any point to a receptacle or conveyor as indicated at C herein. Ihe former need not be a delivery trough as suggested, and the latter need not be` a factory if the articles of bottles, which dle as herein described, means are necesbeltI or conveyor, but

sary for upending them when they arev delivered 'onto the transfer disk so that the latter may pass them in upright position tothe receptacle or conveyor as is explained. Therefore. the usel of the word bottle reservations.

wholly illustrative, and other unnecessary details may be left to thebuilder.

Having thus fully described m said in-V desire to are of thev cliaracterf it is desired to hanvherein must` be' taken with some The driving mechanism is at the center of with the axis of the disk, and means for rotating 'the disk and :tor moving the apron in the direction to discharge thereto.

2. In a bottle conveying mechanism, a 1otary conveyor disk, a second conveyor a ljacent to one edge thereof, an. ejector. ex-

tending over adjacent edges of the two conand elevated guard wheels in thel veyors, angles between said conveyors for guiding said bottles, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bottle conveying mechanism, a rotary conveyor disk, a conveyor belt having an edge adjacent to said disk, an ejector approximately radial of said disk extending over the adjacent edge of said belt, and guard Wheels in the angles between said disk and belt cooperating uiding said "bottles, Orth.

4. In a bottle handling mechanism, a belt, a disk for conveying bottles thereto, means to feed bottles vto the disk, gearing for positively driving the disk, and guide wheels in the angles between the belt and disk to guide the bottles in their ftravel, substantially asset forth.

In witness whereof, I have my hand and seal at Muncie, 8th day of September, dred and twenty-three.

with said ejector in substantially as set hereunto set Indiana, this A. I). nineteen hun- MERTON. C. HEATH. 

